"Our session today was an excellent dialogue about how to maintain momentum against the insurgents and ISAF's continuing support to building Afghan capacity," General Allen said in a statement, referring to the International Security Assistance Force, the formal name of the NATO-led force.
A statement referring to the "myth of the massacre of Jews" in a speech by the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is a "bad translation," he told interviewer George Stephanopoulos.
"Republicans were looking for the second coming of Scott Brown," the Markey campaign said in a statement, referring to the moderate Republican who won the last special Senate election in Massachusetts, in 2010.
At a meeting in Paris today, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Russia issued a statement referring to the "central role" of the United Nations in creating a new Iraq.
"We are very appreciative of the support provided by the U.S.T. during the financial crisis," the company said in a statement, referring to the United States Treasury.
"We were floored with excitement when we saw Chris and Kate together on screen," Mr. Zucker said in a statement, referring to the "screen test" of the two hosts that took place about four weeks ago.
Yesterday the leading Iranian daily announced a contest for the best cartoon about the Holocaust, and 200 members of Iran's 290-member Parliament condemned the Danish cartoons: "Apparently, they have not learned their lesson from the miserable author of 'The Satanic Verses,' " the members said in a statement, referring to the fatwah against Salman Rushdie.
"The government can confirm a cyber attack by unidentified hackers that shut down several sites including the Blue House," the Science Ministry said in a statement, referring to the presidential office.
"School administrators are hoping that if the school district is able to increase attendance by tracking the students' whereabouts, they will be rewarded with up to $1.7 million from the state government," the institute said in a statement, referring to the amount of money lost due to unaccounted attendance rates.
"The idea of sequestration was to increase the pressure on all sides to compromise," Senator Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who leads the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement, referring to the automatic cuts.
